Study: how long will it take for the stock market to make a new high

The S&P 500 has already made a 10%+ “small correction” (-11.8% to be precise). The Medium-Long Term Model does not think that this “small correction” will turn into a “significant correction”, so any further downside will be limited.

Here’s the study:

After the S&P 500 made a 10%+ “small correction…

And it has bottomed…

How many trading days does it take for the S&P to make a new high?

Here are the historical cases. 10%+ “small corrections” starting on…

April 12, 2012: 55 trading days

July 16, 2007: 35 trading days

January 3, 2000: 16 trading days

July 19, 1999: 21 trading days

October 7, 1997: 26 trading days

February 19, 1997: 33 trading days

May 23, 1996: 42 trading days

January 3, 1990: 82 trading days

August 27, 1986: 46 trading days

October 10, 1983: 124 trading days

September 25, 1967: 51 trading days

May 13, 1965: 60 trading days

August 3, 1959: 64 trading days

September 23, 1955: 23 trading days

January 5, 1953: 121 trading days

June 12, 1950: 48 trading days

April 2, 2012

July 16, 2007

January 3, 2000

July 19, 1999

October 7, 1997

February 19, 1997

May 23, 1996

January 3, 1990

August 27, 1986

October 10, 1983

September 25, 1967

May 13, 1965

August 3, 1959

September 23, 1955

January 5, 1953

June 12, 1950

Conclusion

Here are all the “number of days it took for the S&P to make new highs”, arranged in order from least to greatest

16, 21, 23, 26, 33, 35, 42, 46, 48, 51, 55, 60, 64, 82, 121, 124

*These are trading days. There are approximately 21 trading days in a month.

As you can see, it takes an average of 1-3 months for the S&P to make a new high after it has bottomed from a 10%+ “small correction”.

But there’s one important thing to note here. Cycles are moving faster and faster. The current correction is the quickest 10%+ “small correction” in history. So why shouldn’t this also be a quick recovery?

Here’s my guesstimate: the S&P will take 1-2 months to make a new all-time high (as opposed to 1-3 months).

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Troy: Do you think there is a link in recovery time for a correction within the business cycle ( early B.C or late B.C ) and in context of a secular bull or secular bear market. Seems to me that some tendency do exist, or is it just momentum and or stimulus.
love your work — Wade

Yes, there definitely is. Recovery times are faster during the first and last part of the economic expansion:
1. First part (e.g. 2009) because everyone is buying the dip. It’s the very start of the bull market and people don’t want to miss out
2. Last part because BTFD is ingrained in peoples’ mind.

Would it be safe to say, then, that we can extrapolate how late we are in the current boom/bust cycle right now depending on how fast this last correction recovers? Should we be worried, for example, if we see a miraculous recovery that makes a new high within 15 days from here?